Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE

Photo of Pa DalyPa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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No. Would Ms O'Connor not accept that the mistake made was that the supervision should have come from the top down? That non-consultant was not fully qualified and does not meet what the HSE is looking for at present, as it is looking for a fully qualified consultant psychiatrist. The HSE is still looking for a person to fill that role, but that supervision should have come from the top down in actively going to supervise the work that was being carried out as opposed to telling the consultant it was there if he wished to avail of it. Does Ms O'Connor accept that?